Love Stories from the African Diaspora
Here are some of our picks for inclusive Black love stories in film and media. We hope you enjoy these tender love stories and beautiful depictions.
Canary (2019)
Kanarie (Afrikaans for 'Canary') is a coming-of-age musical war drama. Drafted into the South African army during apartheid, a young soldier joins the military's traveling choir, and romance on the battlefield causes him to deal with his long-repressed sexual identity through hardship, camaraderie, first love, and the liberating freedom of music, the true self can be discovered.
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Kanarie (Afrikaans for 'Canary') is a coming-of-age musical war drama. Drafted into the South African army during apartheid, a young soldier joins the military's traveling choir, and romance on the battlefield causes him to deal with his long-repressed sexual identity through hardship, camaraderie, first love, and the liberating freedom of music, the true self can be discovered.
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Genre:Music, Drama
Written By:Christiaan Olwagen, Charl-Johan Lingenfelder
In Theaters:6/18/2019
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Runtime:123 minutes
Studio:Marche Media, kykNET
Cast
Christiaan Olwagen
Director
Schalk Bezuidenhout
Johan Niemand
Hannes Otto
Wolfgang Müller
Germandt Geldenhuys
Ludolf Otterman
Gérard Rudolf
Reverend Koch
Jacques Bessenger
Reverend Engelbrecht
Francois Jacobs
Tiaan Taljaard
De Klerk Oelofse
Walter "Rambo" Boonzaaier
Ludwig Binge
Daan Goosen
David Viviers
Kevin Scott
Andrico Goosen
Ruan "Lobster" Swart
Beer Adriaanse
Corporal Crunchie
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